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    Possibly egg bound hen...

    I had another thread, but this one needed to be more specific. My 2 y/o Sicilian buttercup seemed off suddenly last night (I've been very observant about them since my 4 y/o Plymouth rock died last week without an apparent reason) and this morning as well. Later in the day she seemed fine, the...
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    Hens have dried diarrhea in vent feathers, one hen suddenly acting off

    All of my hens have suddenly had dried diarrhea/dirt(?) hardened in their vent feathers. I dewormed them with fenbendazole 6 days ago after the sudden death of a hen, although I do not know if they had worms or not. I will say when I see them defecate it usually is solid though. They've all been...
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    Sudden respiratory issue in flock

    My chickens have always been overall healthy (7 are almost 4 years old and 2 are almost 2 years old). Anyway long story short a MASSIVE tree fell right on our coop a few months ago but miraculously all survived and were unhurt, even the roo who was pinned beneath the coop walls covered in...
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    I need chicken trick suggestions

    I need ideas of new tricks I should teach my 1 y/o Orpington hen. She already knows 71 different tricks so it is getting difficult coming up with new things for her to learn. :D I don't care how unique it is, please send ideas our way!
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    Homemade Feed

    Does anyone here feed homemade feeds to their chooks? I watch a lady on YouTube and they have a visibly very healthy free range flock. However she says she no longer feeds them pellets or crumbles but mixes together whole corn, black oil sunflower seeds, oats, and some high quality cat food and...
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    How long without grit?

    I bought grit for our chickens who live in a coop and run (the run has a dirt floor) and I've put some in there in the past but the bag got ruined so I'll have to get more. Is it fine if I wait till about January 3rd or 4th to give it to them? They get treats in moderation but for Christmas...
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    Giving protein during molting/cold weather

    I'm curious what you supplement your flock with when it's cold or molting! Every few days I've given our flock some high quality canned dog food I don't have any use for. 5 birds have had great molts and beautiful feathers and 2 are still finishing up their molts. A couple times I have tossed...
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    Christmas traditions with chickens

    What are you guys doing for the holidays with your chooks? Last year I bought mine a flock block and this year I think I'm going to get them a bag of freeze dried mealworms. Also tomorrow I'm going to use a recipe for a salt dough ornament I'm going to have my trick hen who is basically my best...
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    Scraps at night

    So, I think for the winter I'll supplement the chooks by giving them some scraps at night. Usually we have carrots, lettuce, coconut oil, and fruits that I'm free to give to the birds and maybe I'd give them a small amount of canned dog food today to put in their feed bucket in the evenings...
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    How to tell how muscular a hen is

    I have a 1 year old buff Orpington hen, she knows many tricks and some of those involve jumping and spinning. I was wondering lately if she appears more fit than she would be if she didn't train every day. Does anyone here know how what a muscular chicken looks like or how to tell if a chicken...
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    Chicken yawning/shaking head

    My 1 year old Orpington hen will be acting all normal and suddenly will stand still, yawning repeatedly and shaking her head. Then she acts totally normal. What might this mean?
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    Mites and ants under waterer

    My waterer is on the ground and there's always ants and mites beneath it when I pick it up each day. I might move the waterer for now and put down DE there. Thoughts?
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    Chicken Training

    Anyone else train their chickens? Jagger my Buff Orpington hen knows 34 tricks at the moment! She trusts me 100% and is so smart and loves to train! If you want to check us out on Instragram our account is @chicken.tricks
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    Ultrakibble

    Has anyone here fed Farmer's Helper Ultrakibble to their chooks? My birds are on Nature's Organic layer pellets but a week ago I started giving them Ultrakibble on the side because it contains animal protein, has high protein content which is good for molting, and altogether seems to be a great...
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    Signs of starting to molt?

    My 1 year old hens have never had their molt yet, what are signs they're just starting to molt? Especially if they're soft molters I'm curious. My rooster is in a different part of the coop than the hens and he doesn't look any different but I noticed a pile of feathers in one corner, a couple...
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    Chicken not doing well

    My 1 year old Buff Orpington hen isn't doing well right now. Symptoms: Missing back feathers and tail feathers from mites (I cleaned out most of the coop and spray a homemade mite spray in there daily, the other chickens also have this) A couple loosely hanging wing feathers and lost wing...
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    Mites, worms, blood...

    I'm at one of those moments in chicken keeping right now we're as clean and healthy as I try to keep everything and everyone there are lots of problems. I saw red mites in the coop last week so I dusted it with DE, hoping that takes care of the problem but most of the birds have bare backs and...
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    Keeping cool while on vacation?

    We'll be on vacation for 2 weeks later this month, and I'm worried about keeping the chickens cool. They have a coop and run and the coop has a big door that I keep open so there's lots of ventilation (they lay their eggs in there and sleep in there) and a small separate part of the coop where...
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    Red mites + feather loss

    I think I had mites a while back and now I've noticed them again, I looked beneath the shavings in the coop I saw some red mites today. The reason I looked is because most of our birds have little to no feathers under their wings, a couple have naked backs, and one, an Orpington, (my favorite...
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    Wet cat food for chickens?

    Long story short, we have 4 cats but none of them will eat the high quality wet food we have for them. I got a pack of 12 for free and I was wondering if this would be safe for our chickens, I gave them a taste and they really like it, plus they have rooster damage and now the roo is locked up...
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